ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 31st of May WELCOME! BLESSED THOMAS WATKINSON, MARTYR ⬅️ Martyrs of England and Wales A native of Yorkshire, England, Blessed Thomas Watkinson was a devout Catholic widower who became a cleric (evidently receiving minor orders, not the diaconate or the priesthood). He lived in solitude, but took an active role in assisting and sheltering the priests who secretly served the country’s Catholics persecuted under Queen Elizabeth I. On the eve of Palm Sunday in 1591, a hostile neighbour of Watkinson spotted the widower’s servants procuring palms. This “incriminating evidence” was reported to a magistrate three miles away. ON THE EVE OF PALM SUNDAY, A HOSTILE NEIGHBOUR SPOTTED BL. THOMAS' SERVANTS PROCURING PALMS AND REPORTED HIM TO THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES Very early on Palm Sunday morning, the magistrate raided Watkinson’s home, arresting the widower and (Blessed) Father Robert Thorp , the priest who had come to celebrate Mass. ...